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Subtract one name from the crowded field of potential candidates for Todd Young's Ninth District congressional seat. Martinsville State Senator Rod Bray says he considered the race after Young jumped into the U.S. Senate contest, but concluded he'd rather focus on unfinished...

An Indianapolis GPS company is ready to debut a new app to tell parents when to expect the school bus. Synovia Solutions piloted its "Here Comes the Bus" app last semester in a handful of districts. Parents who sign up can receive push notifications of when to expect the bus,...

Thursday, July 23 is Jeff Gordon Day in Pittsboro, Indiana. A chance to win a Meet & Greet with Jeff Gordon, new live entertainment, children's activities and expanded vendor booths have been added to the Jeff Gordon Day lineup . The event will include ongoing activites at...

IMPD Chief Rick Hite (center) announces the results of Wednesday's raids. (WIBC.com photo: Eric Berman) Federal prosecutors say they've broken the back of an eastside gang they describe as one of Indy's most violent. More than 500 federal, state and local officers coordinated...

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller is calling on major phone companies to help customers block unwanted calls. Zoeller joined 44 other state attorneys general who sent joint letters to AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile and CenturyLink. They say federal law does not prevent...

Indiana expects to set a jobs record in the next couple of months, but the debate is already underway about what that means. Indiana is 5,300 workers short of the record 2,612,000 private-sector jobs it had in March 2000. The state appeared to have crept within 300 jobs of the...

There is now a permanent tribute to the 53 Lake County law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. Their names are memorialized on a wall inside the new John Dillinger Museum on the ground floor of the historic Lake County Courthouse. Police officers, local officials...

IMPD assisted the FBI in serving various warrants city-wide Wednesday morning. Tim Horty, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney's Office, said the warrants were gang-related. He said the activity mostly took place on the east side of the city. FBI officials were seen just off...

A top Indiana banking insider says bank branches are becoming the new dinosaurs. Indiana Bankers Association President S. Joe DeHaven says brick and mortar banks are dying at a rate of about 500 a year nationwide. DeHaven says bank branches peaked at about 90,000 in 2009. He...